Amazon has fundamentally changed how customers find products, and most sellers haven’t noticed yet. The search bar—once the king of discovery—is sharing the throne with Rufus, Amazon’s generative AI shopping assistant. With 250 million users engaging with Rufus to ask complex questions, the old rules of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are evolving into AEO (Agentic Engine Optimization).
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What is Agentic SEO?
Traditional SEO was about convincing an algorithm that your product matched a word. Agentic SEO is about convincing an AI Agent that your product is the best answer to a customer’s pain-point. Rufus doesn’t just “fetch” results; it “reasons” about them.
The Three Pillars of Agentic Optimization
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Structured Data is the New Keyword
Rufus relies heavily on the structured data in your listing’s backend to “understand” what you are selling.
- Old Way: Writing “Long lasting battery” in your bullet points.
- Rufus Way: Entering “24 Hours” in the “Battery Life” attribute field in Seller Central backend.
The Risk: If you leave these optional fields blank, Rufus sees your product as “Data Poor” and may skip it when a user asks for a specific spec.
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Semantic Context (The “Noun Phrase”)
AI models think in concepts, not keywords. They look for “Noun Phrases” that group attributes together. Instead of a title like: “Backpack | Travel | Laptop | Grey | Men” Rufus prefers: “Grey Travel Backpack for Men with Padded Laptop Sleeve” The second title establishes relationships between the words. It tells the AI what the product is and who it is for in a way the model understands.
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The “Consensus” Check
This is the biggest change. Rufus reads your reviews. If you claim your product is “Quiet,” but 20% of your reviews mention “Loud humming noise,” Rufus knows you are not transparent enough. It will likely exclude you from answers to questions like “What is the quietest fan?” Your “Brand Health” and “SEO” are now almost the same thing.
Where Big Internet Ecommerce Fits In
We help you speak the AI’s language.
- Attribute Enrichment: We don’t just optimize your title; we optimize your data structure. We fill the gaps that Rufus uses to filter products.
- Q&A Seeding: We treat your Q&A section as a strategic SEO asset, planting the specific “Question/Answer” pairs that map to the most common Rufus queries in your niche.
- Review Sentiment Analysis: We use our own AI tools to scan your reviews, identifying the “Negative Sentiment” patterns that are blocking Rufus from recommending you—and help you fix the product or the messaging.
The AI is asking questions. BigIntermetEcommerce makes sure you have the answers.
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